Ⅰ I Am Born

Ⅱ I Observe.

Ⅲ I Have a Change

Ⅳ I Fall into Disgrace

Ⅴ I Am Sent Away from Home

Ⅵ I Enlarge My Circle of Acquaintance

Ⅶ My 'First Half' at Salem House

Ⅷ My Holidays. Especially One Happy Afternoon

Ⅸ I Have a Memorable Birthday

Ⅹ I Become Neglected, and Am Provided For

Ⅺ I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don't Like It

Ⅻ Liking Life on My Own Account No Better, I Form a Great
Resolution

ⅫⅠ The Sequel of My Resolution

ⅩⅣ My Aunt Makes Up Her Mind about Me

ⅩⅤ I Make Another Beginning

ⅩⅥ I Am a New Boy in More Senses Than One

ⅩⅦ Somebody Turns Up

ⅩⅧ A Retrospect

ⅩⅨ I Look about Me, and Make a Discovery

ⅩⅩ Steerforth's Home

ⅩⅪ Little Em'ly

ⅩⅫ Some Old Scenes, and Some New People

ⅩⅫⅠ I Corroborate Mr. Dick, and Choose a Profession

ⅩⅩⅣ My First Dissipation

ⅩⅩⅤ Good and Bad Angels

ⅩⅩⅥ I Fall into Captivity

ⅩⅩⅦI Tommy Traddles

ⅩⅩⅧ Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet

ⅩⅩⅨ I Visit Steerforth at His Home, Again

ⅩⅩⅩ A Loss

ⅩⅩⅩⅠ A Greater Loss

ⅩⅩⅩⅡ The Beginning of a Long Journey

ⅩⅩⅩⅢ Blissful

ⅩⅩⅩⅣ My Aunt Astonishes Me

ⅩⅩⅩⅤ Depression

……

Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles
Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and
performed them as staged readings. This version, each page
illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings, is a beautiful
example of one of these adaptations.

Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates
primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned
nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge,
self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went
contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with
Copperfield''s former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely
brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens
weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction
of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David''s love for his pretty, silly
child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the
final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although
this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great
introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of
this title.

From AudioFile

Like a visit with old friends, this production of David Copperfield
assumes that the listener is familiar with the Dickens milieu. The
emphasis is on Dickens''s colorful characters, who appear one after
another in performances consistently deft and sure. Even the
grotesque are played with a restraint that retains their humanity.
Music and sound effects are used well, but sparingly, never
distracting from the voices. J.N. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of
this title.

From Booklist

Gr. 8^-12. This is not the great classic novel but a few
little-known episodes that Dickens excerpted from the book for his
dramatic public readings. His performances were for adults who knew
the book, and it''s only readers familiar with the novel who will
understand what''s going on. This large-size volume is for teens
interested in book illustration and dramatic performance. Marks
(who illustrated Over the Hills and Far Away: A Book of Nursery
Rhymes [1993]) captures the romance and the comedy of the excerpts
with watercolor paintings on every page. But generally this is
theatrical Dickens for nostalgic adults. Hazel Rochman --This text
refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

The most perfect of all the Dickens novels."

Review

The most perfect of all the Dickens novels."

--Virginia Woolf

From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to an out of
print or unavailable edition of this title.